This is UNREAL!!! Once again Dictator Obama circumnavigates the Constitution of the United States, by executive order plans to give the Russians US property . . . .

Obama’s State Department is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden Alaskan islands to the Russians. Yes, to the Putin regime in the Kremlin. … The seven endangered islands in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea include one the size of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. The Russians are also to get the tens of thousands of square miles of oil-rich seabeds surrounding the islands. The Department of Interior estimates billions of barrels of oil are at stake.

Are you aware that the president is going to sign over eight islandsin the Bering Sea that are currently part of Alaska? One wasdiscovered by Mr. Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club. Now theadministration that will not let us drill for oil there to save theenvironment is going to give away this U.S. territory for free. Whatdo you think Russia will do? Drill for oil? Known reserves arethere. Fishing rights and territorial waters gone; a free give awayand not a word in the traditional news. 10th amendment? Nothing isas simple as it seems but why no discussion? No gold, no concessionsof any kind? Just search Obama and Alaska Islands and see foryourself. Seems an egregious abuse of executive power again. If youcare; contact your Representative and the media.

Ed, here is another side of this story. Please refer to the link at the bottom of this to the State Department.....Not looking for an argument or debate, just posting the other side's statement regarding this issue...from the US State Department.....Linda

Fact or Fiction: Does the United States have plans to cede Alaskan islands to Russia?

Fiction: No. A popular email forward claims that the United States owns several islands and rock formations (Wrangel Island, Herald Island, Bennett Island, Jeannette Island, Henrietta Island, Copper Island, Sea Lion Rock and Sea Otter Rock) in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea and plans to cede them to Russia. This is an urban legend. The U.S.-USSR Maritime Boundary Agreement, signed by the United States and the Soviet Union on June 1, 1990, defines our maritime boundary in the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, and northern Pacific Ocean and each of the islands and rock formations listed above fall on the Russian side of the boundary. Furthermore, none of the islands or rocks were included in the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, and they have never been claimed by the United States, although Americans were involved in the discovery and exploration of some of them. According to the U.S. Department of State’s website the U.S. has no intention of reopening discussion of the 1990 Maritime Boundary Treaty. For more information please visit the State Department website at http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/fs/128740.htm.